Libyans walk on the grounds of the gutted U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, on Sept.12, 2012, a day after an attack that killed four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens.

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Oren Dorell
| USA Today

A bipartisan report by the Senate intelligence committee blames the State Department for failing to increase security at the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, despite warnings from the CIA and staff about the danger of militant attacks.

The report also says that 15 people in Benghazi who have tried to help the FBI investigate the murders have been killed, though it is not certain all the deaths were connected to cooperation with the United States.

"The attacks were preventable, based on extensive intelligence reporting on the terrorist activity in Libya - to include prior threats and ...